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NEWS IN BRIEF…

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F1 SEASON PREVIEW 2023 • New cars, new places and a few new faces – plus some long-simmering rivalries. Formula 1 is back for a 23-race roller coaster ride…

THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT • IN THE NAME OF BETTER RACING, LAST SEASON’S TECHNICAL SHAKE-UP FORCED TEAMS TO THROW AWAY YEARS OF KNOW-HOW AND ADOPT GROUND-EFFECT AERODYNAMICS – A PRINCIPLE LAST SEEN (AND BANNED) IN THE EARLY 1980S. BUT IT ALSO CREATED NEW PROBLEMS SUCH AS HEAVY, PONDEROUS CARS WHICH WERE PRONE TO INSTABILITY. MATT KEW EXPLAINS WHY IT’S TOO EARLY TO DECLARE THE NEW ERA A TOTAL SUCCESS

WHAT’S NEW FOR 2023? • AFTER LAST YEAR’S MAJOR RESET, THIS SEASON’S NEW REGULATIONS ARE DETAIL CHANGES AIMED AT TIDYING UP LOOSE ENDS AND LOOPHOLES

CHAPTER 2 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS

2.1 HAMILTON VS RUSSELL: ROUND 2 • IT’S THE MOST EXCITING DRIVER LINE-UP IN FORMULA 1: A SEVEN-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ALONGSIDE HIS APPOINTED HEIR – ALBEIT ONE WHO CAN’T WAIT TO GET THE SUCCESSION DONE ‘N’ DUSTED. SO HOW CLOSE WAS IT REALLY BETWEEN LEWIS HAMILTON AND GEORGE RUSSELL LAST SEASON, AND WHAT DOES GEORGE NEED TO DO NOW TO GET CLOSER TO – OR EVEN SURPASS – HIS ILLUSTRIOUS TEAM-MATE?

MERC’S RAPID RECOVERY PLAN

GO FIGURE • As he attempts to win a third consecutive world championship, here are some of Max Verstappen’s key numbers…

THE COMEBACK KING • IN FORMULA 1, WHEN YOU’RE OUT, YOU’RE OUT – UNLESS YOU’RE NICO HÜLKENBERG. HE MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE FAREWELL TOURS THAN STATUS QUO, BUT THERE’S A COMPELLING REASON TEAMS KEEP HIS NUMBER IN THE COMPANY ROLODEX…

ATTENTION! SARGEANT • THE ABSENCE OF AN AMERICAN DRIVER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FEW OBSTACLES TO F1’S REMARKABLE GROWTH IN THE USA. LOGAN SARGEANT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN EXPECTING TO JOIN THE RANKS QUITE SO SOON, BUT HE’S DETERMINED TO SEIZE THE MOMENT

CONSTRUCTION TIME AGAIN • WHILE THE ASTON MARTIN F1 TEAM HAS HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT COATS OF PAINT DOWN THE YEARS, ITS FACTORY IS SHOWING ITS AGE – WHICH IS WHY OWNER LAWRENCE STROLL IS SPENDING £250M ON A NEW ONE, AS PART OF HIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY

RED BULL’S PENALTY SHOOTOUT • FORMULA 1’S RULES AIM TO PEG BACK THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS BY REDUCING THEIR AERO RESEARCH RESOURCES. RED BULL’S HAVE BEEN CUT EVEN MORE FOR AS A PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE BUDGET CAP. BUT DOES THE PUNISHMENT HIT HARD ENOUGH?

FORMULA 1’S REVOLVING DOOR • THANKS TO A BLIZZARD OF HIRINGS, FIRINGS AND SHUFFLINGS DURING THE WINTER, OVER HALF THE TEAMS ON THE GRID NOW HAVE BOSSES WHO HAVE BEEN IN POST FOR A YEAR OR LESS. IS FORMULA 1 ADOPTING FOOTBALL’S RENT-A-MANAGER CULTURE? AND WHAT GOOD CAN COME OF IT, GIVEN THAT THE TWO MOST SUCCESSFUL OUTFITS ON THE GRID SINCE 2010 HAVE TWO OF THE LONGEST-SERVING TEAM PRINCIPALS?

GOODBYE REALITY, HELLO VEGAS • IF YOU THOUGHT HOSTING A GRAND PRIX ON THE STREETS OF THE WORLD’S GAMBLING CAPITAL WOULD BE AN IMPOSSIBLE FEAT, PREPARE TO THINK AGAIN. THE GRANDEES OF LAS VEGAS CAN MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN – AND, AS THE RACE PROMOTER REVEALS TO GP RACING, THE MAGIC STARTS NOW…

TEAMS AND CIRCUITS • While many driver line-ups remain the same, F1 welcomes back Nico Hülkenberg as well as introducing rookies Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant. There’s a bit of a new look to the calendar, too…

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